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2015-02-27 | Toronto Sun
“Their demise was most certainly not due to any attempts by the majority of city council – other than Councillor James Pasternak – or Pride’s organizers or the city’s bureaucrats to do what’s right to get this group and their noxious message out of the parade.”

2015-02-27 | Canadian Jewish News
“Representatives from Jewish organizations, as well as Jewish Toronto city councilor James Pasternak, responded to the news by reiterating their condemnation of QuAIA and its presence at the annual city-funded Pride Parade.”

2015-01-22 | Torontoist
“City councillor James Pasternak (Ward 10, York Centre), who chairs the City’s Community Development and Recreation Committee, said during a phone interview that additional shelter spaces address only some of Toronto’s overall housing challenges. “We must have a frank and honest discussion about mental health, and about addiction and substance abuse,” Pasternak said.”

2015-01-19 | Toronto Sun
“Councillor James Pasternak – a member of the budget committee – predicted the proposed tax increase would be at the rate of inflation and that the budget wouldn`t freeze TTC fares or reduce recreation fees.”

2015-01-19 | National Post
“What we see tomorrow is a city staff proposal and it is not cast in stone, said Councillor James Pasternak, a member of the budget committee. We don`t pass it until March, and we might have other financial data regarding the inflation.”

2015-01-15 | NOW
“In light of the extreme climate conditions and the deaths of four people, it is incumbent on all of us to support an immediate action plan, said Councillor James Pasternak, chair of the committee.”

2015-01-13 | Globe and Mail
“Councillor James Pasternak, chair of the city’s community development committee, said he is working with staff to find money in reserve funds to open additional temporary beds, but described the demand for more beds as “a good rallying cry,” rather than long-term answer.”

2014-12-05 | North York Mirror
“James Pasternak, a North York councillor, said he was relieved to hear of a way to preserve a club which he said plays a “vital role, not only in the Jewish community but in the wider community as well.””

2014-07-22 | Toronto Star
“Pasternak said the city last year opened a new, $2.5-million ski lift while rejecting a proposal from Vermont-based ArborTrek Canopy Adventures which would have seen the company invest $2 million in a visitor centre that could double as a community centre.”

2014-05-02 | Canadian Jewish News
“Although this program is only in its first year, it has already garnered attention from Toronto City Council. On May 6, Toronto city councillors Joe Mihevc and James Pasternak will proclaim the week as Kindness Week.”

2014-03-21 | Canadian Jewish News
“Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak is urging the city’s legal department to fight a court challenge to the Toronto Transit Commission’s decision to bar an anti-Israeli ad from the transit authority’s property and vehicles.”

2014-03-01 | North York Post
“Coun. James Pasternak is still actively searching for solutions, his preferred solution being the establishment of a community centre or tennis clubhouse at Rockford Park, just west of the Rockford School, which could serve as space for the group.”

2014-03-01 | North York Post
“One of the issues that prompted the residents to band together was the proposal of a six-storey, mixed-use development on Wilmington Ave. Coun. James Pasternak said the community is opposed to redeveloping such a central part of Bathurst Manor where retail and amenities are sparse.”

2014-01-16 | North York Mirror
“The high-priority Bathurst neighbourhood is made up of highrise buildings and is home to a large population of seniors and also young families. Many residents find it difficult to access the few grocery stores in the area, especially during bad weather, York Centre Councillor James Pasternak said. ”

2013-11-27 | Canadian Jewish News
“”Haifa is known throughout the world as a city of business, culture and innovation. Speaking with Mayor Yahav, it quickly became clear that there is enormous potential for investment between our two cities,” Coun. James Pasternak said. “I look forward to working together in the future on cultural and economic initiatives.””

2013-09-03 | Now Toronto
“Councillor James Pasternak says he will “vigorously oppose” any attempt to put the ads on city transit. The councillor, who has led council’s fight this term to bar Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from the Pride parade, believes the signage is the latest attempt by pro-Palestinian groups to “hijack” public institutions in order to unfairly attack Israel.”

2013-09-01 | Snap North York
“This North York summer festival proved to offer a cool variety of activities with something for everyone! The day was filled with an array of art to view & purchase, along with tasty fare for good old fashioned family fun.”

2013-09-01 | Snap North York
“These complimentary invitations, sponsored by Councillor James Pasternak, offered all the local residents an opportunity to watch free family movies, outside on the big screen, in Earl Bales Park’s Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre.”

2013-09-01 | North York Post
“Local councillor James Pasternak said that he predicts a “very negative” backlash from residents at the new meeting. He said that modifications to the original proposal did not go far enough to address the needs of the character of the community.”

2013-05-13 | North York Mirror
“During last week’s marathon debate on revenue tools to fund public transit expansion, Toronto Council endorsed Pasternak,s motion to request that the project be added to the list of priorities for public transit expansion in Metrolinx’s second phase of the provincial Big Move transit plan.”

2013-04-24 | National Post
“”The votes aren’t there to take away funding, there is no desire to push Pride off a cliff,” said Councillor Pasternak. “If anything, you give them a diversity bonus. You increase the funding, with one level of funding that stays as is and you give them a diversity bonus if they decline QuAIA’s application,” he said.”

2013-04-24 | Metro
“”If the mayor and others want to be a dissenting voice on revenue tools, they can express that at council and go on record,” said councillor James Pasternak, a centrist who represents Ward 10 York Centre.”

2013-04-22 | Toronto Star
“Councillor James Pasternak argues the term “Israeli apartheid” is inaccurate, hurtful, discriminatory and has no place at a festival of gay rights that receives roughly $124,000 in city funding.”

2013-02-28 | North York Mirror
“In an announcement at the Bathurst-Finch Hub Tuesday, Feb. 26, Ward 10 Councillor James Pasternak for York Centre, told a room full of artists and cultural workers that $22 million in arts funding is coming to Toronto.”

2013-02-01 | SNAP North York
“Councillor James Pasternak invited local residents to share their thoughts and opinions on the important issues facing Ward 10 and Toronto including the 2013 Toronto budget, the proposed Toronto casino, reducing gridlock, community safety and affordable housing.”

2013-02-01 | SNAP North York
“Councillor James Pasternak, Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Norm Kelly joined members of the public to officially open the new $2.3 million ski lift at the Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre in Toronto. ”

2012-12-19 | InsideToronto.com
“Creative ideas are good, but it’s a risky game when we talk about selling the DVP or the Gardiner Expressway,” said York Centre Councillor James Pasternak. “If those were offloaded to private hands, it could strangle decision-making for the city for decades. It would affect our ability to structure a regional transit system, it would strangle us in planning and building.”

2012-12-18 | National Post
“But its future will be a hotly debated item once city staff report back on the various options in May. Councillor James Pasternak, the budget committee member who urged that the leasing option be considered, cast the sale of the Gardiner and the DVP as a “risky game.””

2012-10-23 | Jewish Tribune
“It was an honour to host these distinguished civic leaders at Toronto City Hall,” said Pasternak, who hosted the event. “They bring a wealth of information to the table and certainly Toronto has something to offer as well.”

2012-09-09 | Toronto Star
“There’s a cost in waiving fees but the benefits far outweigh the money we don’t get,” says Pasternak, who was elected Ward 10 councillor in 2010. “I see no problem balancing fiscal responsibility with preserving key programs. It’s not easy but we believe we can get it done.”

2012-08-05 | Buffalo Rising
“The reason that Pasternak is even pondering the thought of a joint bid is due to the lack of visitors to Olympic cities in the past – a problem that is known to leave the host cities with “financial hangovers”.”

2012-08-03 | Toronto Sun
“Pasternak said if Toronto is hellbent on bidding for another summer Olympics the city should look at the possibility of a joint bid on the games with a major U.S. city. He argued such a bid may be the only way to hold an Olympics that will actually pay off for its hosts.”

2012-07-07 | Toronto Sun
“The Ward 10, York Centre councillor will ask city council next Thursday to order staff to work with other city agencies and private partnerships to develop a “long-term, sustainable ravine management, education, and recreation program at Earl Bales Park.” If approved, Pasternak wants staff to report back by November on how the city could implement a zip lining opportunity in the park.”

2012-06-20 | Town Crier
“One of the hidden gems in Ward 10 is our fantastic off-road bike trails. These trails are a great way to safely cycle through our beautiful parks, including Earl Bales Park and G. Ross Lord Park.”

2012-06-18 | InsideToronto.com
“I have seen the enormous talent and creativity of residents of Ward 10,” said local councillor James Pasternak. “The goal is to determine how the city can bring out that talent and put it on the stage, screen, canvass. I’m a big fan of the arts and it defines who cities are. It’s crucial to build resources up here.”

2012-06-01 | North York Post
“According to Coun. Pasternak, a desirable, campuslike space already exists between the civic centre and nearby buildings belonging to the Toronto District School Board, North York Centre Library and Toronto Centre for the Arts.”

2012-05-29 | Jewish Tribune
“City Councillor James Pasternak will attempt to make city funding of the Pride Parade contingent upon the non-participation of the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) group.”

2012-05-24 | InsideToronto.com
“An intriguing item in front of the city’s economic development committee earlier this week may prove to be a helpful guideline for continuing development in the local economy’s education segment. It is a proposal to pursue a new “degree-granting institution” at the North York Civic Centre and surrounding area.”

2012-05-22 | InsideToronto.com
“Pasternak’s idea is to lease the space at the arts centre, along with some of the empty offices and meeting spaces at the North York Civic Centre – and some in the board of education building – to a university or other degree-granting institution for a satellite campus.”

2012-05-17 | Toronto Star
“If City Councillor James Pasternak has his way, the old North York city hall, on Yonge St. north of Sheppard – and the neighbouring public square,indoor pool,library and theatre that share the shadow of Mel Lastman’s belltower – would become a new university campus poised to boost Toronto’s brainpower and bank coffers.”

2012-05-11 | Women’s Post
“Pasternak, the self-styled fiscal conservative and token member of City Hall’s ‘Mighty Middle’, is proposing that the City utilize its newfound surplus to restore funding to the High Park Zoo, Far Enough Farm, and a hardship fund for Toronto’s neediest.”

2012-05-07 | Toronto Star
“At times, we (councillors) felt we were amputating before we really did the diagnosis,” Pasternak added. “There was a belief that we had a very strong surplus that could preserve a lot of programs.”

2012-05-07 | National Post
“The administration got a taste of what is in store for it in June during the budget committee meeting on Monday, when Councillor James Pasternak proposed using $1.7-million of surplus dollars to keep certain programs and services alive, at least until the end of the year.”

2012-05-02 | Shalom Toronto
“The initiative to do this came from James Pasternak, City Councillor. “I suggested the flag raising for Yom Haatzmaut and Israel’s 64th birthday because of our connection with Israel and as educational awareness for City Hall to learn about Israel’s national celebration,” he said. ”

2012-04-26 | Toronto Star
“Centrist Toronto Councillor James Pasternak is rallying support for a double-edged relief plan for the city’s over-burdened transit system, with two new subway lines that would carry suburban commuters from the north and east ends of the city.”

2012-04-21 | National Post
“My sense is that council is battle weary and not battle hardened over financial matters and it doesn’t have the stomach to repeal the land transfer tax and do the cuts that would be necessary,” said Councillor James Pasternak, a new member of the budget committee, which meets next week.”

2012-04-12 | Town Crier
“Pasternak says formal planning for the western link is urgently needed to relieve the greater pressure that a Spadina extension, once complete, will bring to the subway system.”

2012-04-11 | Toronto Sun
“Councillor James Pasternak scored a political win Wednesday, getting city councillors to agree in a 41 to 1 vote to look for ways to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summit Series.”

2012-04-04 | Toronto Sun
“Councillor James Pasternak is trying to get councillors to recognize the ’72 Canada-Russia series. The rookie councillor wants the city to play a leadership role in recognizing the 40th anniversary and drive efforts to hold events recognizing it. Pasternak notes Toronto hosted one of the games, staged the welcome home reception and provided many of the key players that shaped the series.”

2012-03-20 | InsideToronto.com
“Businesses in Ward 10 can get insight into selling products and services in the City of Toronto by attending an information session hosted by York Centre Councillor James Pasternak.”

2012-03-12 | Town Crier
“Pasternak is advocating for a seamless, continuous route from Downsview Station to Scarborough Town Centre. Currently, the five-station Sheppard subway operates from Yonge Street to Don Mills Road.”

2012-03-02 | Toronto Star
“Whether it’s nine or 11 members, the commission should be dominated by councillors and it should have a politician as chair, agreed city councillor James Pasternak, who said he supports the subway.”

2012-03-02 | Toronto Star
“Councillor James Pasternak, who favours east and west Sheppard subway expansion because he fears subway-LRT connections could discourage ridership, said the ongoing painful debate could birth a new era of city-wide construction of both forms of transit.”

2012-03-01 | SNAP North York
“Topping it off, the Dare2Dance competition winning students were invited by Councillor James Pasternak to visit City Hall where they were recognized for their achievements in the Council Chambers by Mayor Rob Ford and other City Councillors.”

2012-02-15 | Town Crier
“This budget marks the first decline in gross expenditures since amalgamation with a $20 million decrease – reaffirming this council’s commitment to building a sustainable, affordable and well-managed city.”

2012-02-14 | Town Crier
“Knowledge of local schools and experience in the community is also critical for a school board representative, says Councillor James Pasternak, who represented York Centre as a trustee before being elected to council in 2010. ”

2012-02-03 | Town Crier
“Days before a report about funding a Sheppard subway extension was to be made public, Ward 10 councillor James Pasternak said he was buoyed by news that it included plans for a western link to Downsview station.”

2012-01-27 | Toronto Star
“Undeterred, Pasternak voted in favour of funding for child-care services, the hardship fund, swim and other social programs because, he says, citizens in his ward need them.”

2012-01-26 | InsideToronto.com
“But if York Centre Councillor James Pasternak has his way, the money would go to build a subway along another part of Sheppard: west of Yonge, between the Yonge Sheppard station and Downsview station.”

2012-01-23 | The Varsity
“Progressive, centrist, and even a couple conservative councillors like Councillors Gloria Lindsay Luby and James Pasternak, who usually ally with the mayor, rallied behind Colle’s motion.”

2012-01-23 | Open File
“”People who’ve tried zip-lining in the past who I spoke to absolutely love it,” Pasternak told the Star. “The company talked about how their whole approach is tree-friendly, and how it’s self-operating, self-financing and that no city funds would be required to set it up.””

2012-01-22 | Toronto Star
“The Vermont-based ArborTrek Canopy Adventures approached Councillor James Pasternak with a 21-page pitch last November to build and operate zip-lines, canopy tours and aerial-trekking courses at the park, near Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. W.”

2012-01-21 | Globe and Mail
“”…and they knew Gloria Lindsay Luby, James Pasternak, Gary Crawford and Chin Lee – votes the mayor usually could count on – had concerns, even after $8.8-million in new assessment growth was used to restore some programs.””

2012-01-19 | InsideToronto.com
“The little package that Councillor Colle and a few of us put together represented .15 per cent of the budget,” he said. “But when you’re in a situation where you’re caught between two different groups there’s no doubt – it’s very difficult. But you have to make sure you’re not cutting programs for ideological reasons but because they no longer have a purpose.””

2012-01-19 | National Post
“Key votes in the coalition were right-leaning councillors Gloria Lindsay Luby (Etobicoke Centre)…and James Pasternak (York Centre), who was worried about cutting grants to seniors and women’s groups, and discontinuing free programming at “priority centres,” a label slated to extend to the Antibes Community Centre in his ward this year.”

2012-01-19 | Toronto Star
“”What you saw was a centre-right budget,” explained newbie Councillor James Pasternak, who endured enormous arm-twisting to vote against Ford this time. “I will support items on their merit; it’s like a minority government.””

2012-01-17 | Toronto Star
“”I should have a StairMaster here to ward off all the stress,” Pasternak said with a chuckle, adding Ford “offered me very constructive encouragement” but, in the end, they agreed to disagree.”

2011-12-20 | Town Crier
“The idea for the 4,000 square metre fenced-in park came from the throng of dog owners in the North York area who wanted a place where they could have their dogs roam around freely, according to Councillor James Pasternak.”

2011-12-18 | Toronto Sun
“Except for some minor indigestion around his need for taxpayer-funded snacks, this newbie has exceeded expectations. He does his homework and genuinely gets the city’s fiscal problems.”

2011-12-09 | Toronto Star
“But Councillor James Pasternak, who usually votes with the mayor, said a majority of council now supports a tactic Ford disapproves of: preventing some of the $88 million in cuts by dipping into the city’s $139 million surplus.”

2011-12-01 | Town Crier
“Arbortrek Canopy Adventures, based in Vermont, approached York Centre councillor James Pasternak with a 21-page proposal to install and operate a series of zip lines, aerial trekking course and welcome facility at the Bathurst and Sheppard area park.”

2011-11-27 | Toronto Star
“The red lines have been drawn. I will not support cuts to many of our social services and arts programs. (Library) branch closures are a non-starter. Daycares – we’ve got a problem, but we can’t unilaterally just cut those without a parachute from the province…I support the environment,’ Pasternak said.”

2011-11-22 | InsideToronto.com
“This adds to the great assets we have in this ward,” York Centre Councillor James Pasternak said during the ceremony. “We have this facility here and it enhances the ward further.”

2011-10-18 | Town Crier
“In attendance were veterans from the Second World War, foreign diplomats and politicians including Ward 10 councillor James Pasternak and Canada’s minister of citizenship and immigration Jason Kenney.”

2011-10-01 | National Post
“I support a blended approach to our deficit by increasing revenue and finding efficiencies. We must reduce Toronto’s workforce by attrition, early retirement packages and gapping vacant positions.”

2011-08-17 | Town Crier
“When these things start they just start really as an idea, as a suggestion and you continue with it,” says Pasternak. “There are setbacks along the way but we endured and then we finally got the project ongoing.”

2011-07-01 | SNAP North York
“Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak invited the community to The Sarah and Morris Feldman Sensory Garden and Accessible Water Playground Grand Opening Ceremony at Earl Bales Park last month.”

2011-06-20 | Canadian Jewish News
“James Pasternak, councillor for Ward 10 York Centre, put forward the motion at last week’s council meeting in an effort to block groups such as Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) from participating in city funded events.”

2011-06-19 | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
“The issue is “the greatest challenge facing Toronto Jewry,” James Pasternak, a Jewish city councilman who introduced the motion for the review, told JTA. “It is vital that we amend the policy.””

2011-06-16 | InsideToronto.com
“Pasternak maintained that the group’s very name – which links Israeli treatment of Palestinians to the South African Apartheid movement – was provocative and designed to demonize Israel and Jews.”

2011-06-10 | Town Crier
“There has been a consensus for some time that Toronto could use another degree-granting university. An economical way of approaching this might be to leverage existing resources and fill current capacity.”

2011-06-10 | Town Crier
“Councillor James Pasternak helps open the new garden at Montessori Jewish Day School on May 31 with students and parents Lydia Puntillo and Valerie Weiss. The sensorial garden was created to mark the school’s 10th anniversary.”

2011-05-15 | Toronto Star
“James Pasternak, who often votes with the mayor, loves canoeing, regularly bikes around his ward and is the proud owner of a vinyl record collection that includes Phil Ochs, Neil Young, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan albums. ”

2011-04-15 | Toronto Star
“Mammoliti’s made his comments to the Star after allies on the issue, including Councillor James Pasternak and the chief executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said in interviews that they were satisfied with the QuAIA announcement.”

2011-04-15 | Toronto Star
“One of Pasternak’s goals is to revitalize the stretch of Wilson from east of Bathurst St. to Wilson Heights: “It’s an area that needs refreshing and there’s a great opportunity to bring new residential and commercial vitality to the area.”

2011-04-13 | Toronto Star
“Councillor James Pasternak (Ward 10, York Centre) made the motion, saying the community centre doesn’t currently have priority centre status, though Bathurst-Finch is one of Toronto’s 13 “priority neighbourhoods.””

2011-04-13 | National Post
“Councillor James Pasternak said the report’s conclusion “doesn’t reflect the gravity of the situation” and that perhaps the problem is with the anti-discrimination policy. ”

2011-04-13 | CityNews Toronto
“”I am shocked and dismayed by the findings in this report,” Coun. James Pasternak said in a written statement. “QuAIA is advancing a preposterous analogy of the Israeli-Palestinian question. (The group) should never be allowed to participate in a civic funded event.””

2011-04-08 | Town Crier
“In Ward 10 we have a great abundance of both parkland and dog owners. Therefore it wasn’t a big surprise that my office has received proposals for two dog off-leash zones in our local parks. The timing was excellent as I had made the creation of off-leash zones a promise during the 2010 election campaign.”

2011-04-07 | National Post
“But Councillor James Pasternak (York Centre) says many of his colleagues, who feel they have already taken a major step by slashing expense budgets, will likely resist further restrictions.”

2011-04-01 | North York Post
“Councillor James Pasternak, and a handful of local business owners, want to fight competition from the Yorkdale Shopping Centre development by forming a business improvement area (BIA) that would revitalize part of Wilson Avenue.”

2011-04-01 | North York Post
“Toronto’s Community Development and Recreation Committee will be reviewing a motion this month to make the Antibes Community Centre a “Priority Centre,” which would cut fees for some programs.”

2011-03-25 | Toronto Sun
“Councillor James Pasternak – who represents the neighbourhood and pushed for the designation – called the committee’s decision a good first step in bringing about the status change.”

2011-03-20 | National Post
“On Facebook, Councillor James Pasternak expressed surprise and dismay that “almost every basic office support is debited from the office account. So it looks like we are spending a lot more than we actually are.” ”

2011-03-10 | The Canadian Jewish News
“Off campus in Toronto, City Councillor James Pasternak released a statement last week that condemned IAW as an “offensive and repugnant event” and said the organizers are “advancing a preposterous analogy of the Israel-Palestinian question, the history of the apartheid regime in South Africa” and “undermining the peace process.” ”

2011-02-24 | 680 News
“Defending the spending, Councillor James Pasternak said that with a $9.4-billion budget, more hands are needed. “It is extremely difficult for our staff to review (the budget) and make sure it’s being spent as effectively as possible,” said Pasternak.”

2011-02-23 | InsideToronto.com
“But York Centre Councillor James Pasternak argued that while it would be ideal to fund all necessary transit requirements, including the Finch LRT, there isn’t an unlimited stash of money to bankroll them all.”

2011-02-18 | CTV News
“”Part of our mission is to promote exercise, extra-curricular activities and getting people away from the computer, off the couch and outside,” said York-Centre Coun. James Pasternak, who attended the event.”

2011-02-11 | Blog TO
“In October 2010, James Pasternak was elected to replace long-time councillor Mike Feldman in Ward 10. Pasternak joins city council after working as a trustee for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) since 2006.”

2011-02-01 | North York Post
“Local Councillor James Pasternak said the Antibes Community Centre is “under enormous pressure” as it is, and added that Ward 10 ranks low on the list for community services in general.”

2011-01-28 | InsideToronto.com
“About 300 residents turned out for York Centre Councillor James Pasternak’s meet-and-greet gathering at the Antibes Community Centre Tuesday night, where the hottest topic focused on a proposed controversial townhouse development in the Westminster community.”

2011-01-25 | Toronto Sun
“Ward 10 Councillor James Pasternak expressed his outrage at the attacks on Tuesday. ‘It is a heinous way to try to settle a dispute and we must never stop speaking out against it” Pasternak said. “Our prayers an thoughts are with the Russian community…we’re all going to stand together condemning it and in memorial for it.”

2011-01-24 | National Post
“including Ward 10 councillor James Pasternak. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the senseless bombing of Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, Russia that killed at least 35 people and injured at least 152. I wish to extend my sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims and hope for a full recovery of those injured in the attack. ”

2010-12-17 | InsideToronto.com
“He’s got the mayor in his corner but not yet the TTC. York Centre (Ward 10) Councillor James Pasternak is pushing for the construction of a westward extension of the Sheppard subway from the TTC’s Yonge to Downsview stations.”

2010-12-16 | Toronto Sun
“Councillor James Pasternak stressed he supports the right to strike but transit is too important to leave to chance. He warned if council didn’t approve asking for the designation, the union would threaten to strike at crucial times like when the Pan Am Games come in 2015.”

2010-12-16 | Toronto Star
“Such is the force of a tax that rookie Councillor James Pasternak described thusly: People couldn’t relate to it; it was not well explained; it was implemented with no purpose. “It was unclear, unfocussed and poorly implemented” leaving council to “look more like government pickpockets.””

2010-12-08 | InsideToronto.com
“The North York Community Council will have three new faces: North York Centre Councillor James Pasternak, Don Valley West Councillor Jaye Robinson and Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Josh Colle.”